LES

LES may refer to:

Lake-effect snow

Large eddy simulation, mathematical modelling of turbulence

Launch Entry Suit, worn by Space Shuttle crews

Launch Escape System, for spacecraft emergencies

Law Enforcement Sensitive, type of sensitive information used by US government, see Sensitive but unclassified

Lazy Eye Syndrome, or amblyopia, a disorder in the optic nerve connecting the eye and the brain.

Leave and Earnings Statement, a monthly statement given to members of the U.S. Military

L.E.S. (producer), hip hop producer

Lincoln Electric System, Lincoln, Nebraksa's semi-autonomous energy authority

Licensing Executives Society International, an intellectual property organisation in the U.S.

Life Extension Society, the first cryonics organization, founded in 1964 by Evan Cooper

Lifetime Entertainment Services, an American entertainment industry company

Lilliput Edison screw, 5mm diameter size of light bulb connection

Lincoln Experimental Satellite, a series of satellites launched in the 1960s and 1970s

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Les (given name)

Les is a given name, usually short for Lester or Leslie. It is being worn by :

Les Battersby, fictional Coronation Street character

Les Blank (1935-2013), American documentarian

Les Brown (bandleader) (1912–2001), leader of Les Brown and the Band of Renown

Les Claypool, American bassist and founding member of Primus

Les Costello (1928–2002), Canadian ice hockey player and Catholic priest

Les Dawson (1931–1993), English comedian

Les Eaves (born c. 1967), American businessman and state legislator

Les Ferdinand, English footballer

Les Goble (born 1932), American football player

Les Kaufman, Professor of Biology at Boston University

Les Palmer (American football) (1923–2006), American football player

Les Paul (1915–2009), American jazz guitarist and inventor

Les Stroud, Canadian filmmaker and survival expert

Les Tremayne (1913–2003), British radio, film, and television actor

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7L & Esoteric

7L & Esoteric (7LES) are an underground hip-hop duo from Boston, Massachusetts, known for battle rhymes and boom bap production. 7L is the duo's DJ/producer and Esoteric is the MC. 7L & Esoteric are both prominent members of underground hip-hop collectives Army of the Pharaohs and Demigodz, as well as being 2/3 of CZARFACE along with Wu-Tang Clan member Inspectah Deck.

History

Early Career (1993-1996)

The duo formed in 1993 when Esoteric DJed a hip hop show at a college radio station north of Boston. 7L, a DJ and producer who listened to the show, contacted Esoteric in the interest of collaborating. The two found they shared a common love of the golden age of hip-hop and decided to form a group.

After performing for some time in the Boston/Cambridge underground, the duo released their first single in 1996 as God Complex with MC Karma. The B-side, "Secret Wars", gained a lot of attention as Esoteric paid tribute to the heroes of Marvel Comics in rhyme form. This led to the release of the Rebel Alliance LP, featuring acts such as Virtuoso, Mr. Lif, and Force Five. Also at this time, the two dropped the God Complex moniker and became known as simply 7L & Esoteric.

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CITES

CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals. It was drafted as a result of a resolution adopted in 1963 at a meeting of members of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The convention was opened for signature in 1973. and CITES entered into force on 1 July 1975. Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten the survival of the species in the wild, and it accords varying degrees of protection to more than 35,000 species of animals and plants. In order to ensure that the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was not violated, the Secretariat of GATT was consulted during the drafting process.

As of 2015, Secretary-General of the CITES Secretariat is John E. Scanlon.

Background and operation

CITES is one of the largest and oldest conservation and sustainable use agreements in existence. Participation is voluntary, and countries that have Funding for the activities of the Secretariat and Conference of the Parties (CoP) meetings comes from a Trust Fund derived from Party contributions. Trust Fund money is not available to Parties to improve implementation or compliance. These activities, and all those outside Secretariat activities (training, species specific programmes such as Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants - MIKE) must find external funding, mostly from donor countries and regional organizations such as the European Union.

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